Originally Posted by
Deech
I am not a historian, but I need to comment on the phrase, "America, is why slavery, for the most part, does not exist today in the world.".
America was not the forerunner for society in the 1850's. Europe, not America, knew where America stood in the world positioning. America was not a leader in the efforts to abolish slavery.
As stated earlier, there was a pact in 1815, Congress of Vienna, that declared opposition to slavery. The countries included: UK, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, France, Austria, Russia, Spain, and Prussia. Yes, there are other smaller colonies that took the initiate before 1865.
The countries from that Congress of Vienna pact took years to implement their internal rules. They did it before on their own before 1865.
There are other countries as: Argentina, Peru, and Venezuela that passed the rule before America.
I am not political. Just stating facts (as far as I know).